Learners read Jonah Winter's book, Frida, and Thomas Locker's, Miranda's Smile, and talk about the artists' styles. They practice their own painting styles.

Students create a photo essay and present it to the class. The students bring photos to use for their essay and develop a story using the photos. The students write captions including characters, setting, and plot for each photo. They...

Students investigate the many forms of Haitian art. They compare the art of some different cultures, religions, countries, and philosophies. Students also read the biography of an artist to build context for a particular piece of...

Sixth graders demonstrate an understanding of expressionism by creating a portrait of a friend who inspires a mood or feeling.

Moo! An engaging two-part instructional activity focuses on the role of cows in our agriculture system. The second part of the instructional activity has ten discussion questions, which should lead to some interesting points about cows....

Students construct three-dimensional solar system mobiles.

In this primary source analysis instructional activity, students analyze historical posters of their choosing and respond to 10 analysis questions about the posters.

Use the left-hand toolbar of this site to investigate an online textbook for the language of design. It provides visual examples and explanations of line, form, color, color psychology, texture, balance, proportion and many more...

Students will learn about the symbolic meanings associated with various colors. Then students will design a piece of art with colors that are reflective of their personal emotions.

An article discussing how colors register in the brain to give the reader emotions and states of mind before even reading a word. Article focuses particularly on choosing colors for a blog design but rationale can be applied anywhere.

A great introduction to color theory with colorful illustrations and examples.

This site analyzes Kandinsky's abstract painting "Improvisation 31." Discusses colors, shapes, line, and mood. Has a short matching exercise involving simple geometric shapes.

This is a collection of social emotional lesson plans. They were developed by the Project B.A.S.I.C. Child Development Specialist, and Child Care Consultation Staff via the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

Students will choose a healing emotion and colors that represent that emotion then use yarn to create unique artwork.

This lesson allows students to explore color - both in literal and figurative terms. Students will read books about color, discuss the emotion involved with color, and incorporate color metaphors to write poems using the graphic...